jose alvarado 38pts in 27mins off the bench
― lag∞n, Monday, 5 December 2022 05:26 (one year ago) link
how can u not root for the guy, love that sneaky lil bastard
― slai gorgeous-alexander (m bison), Monday, 5 December 2022 05:27 (one year ago) link
hes awesome
― lag∞n, Monday, 5 December 2022 05:28 (one year ago) link
― im a beacon of light (Spottie), Monday, 5 December 2022 05:53 (one year ago) link
Also included a look at how we typically see traveling calls decrease after the first 20 games per team of the season, often dramatically so when it's a point of emphasis: https://t.co/u8AaJ0xcv1 (ESPN+) pic.twitter.com/VdOKqemXXf— Kevin Pelton (@kpelton) December 5, 2022
― lag∞n, Monday, 5 December 2022 18:17 (one year ago) link
nba reffing is broken
― im a beacon of light (Spottie), Monday, 5 December 2022 18:47 (one year ago) link
there is something fucked up about it for sure
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 5 December 2022 18:54 (one year ago) link
the fact that
- they have points of emphasis to start every season and then like 1/4 of the way through just scrap them
- there's such thing as a "superstar whistle" and "home whistle" and its not refuted
- the reffing is completely different for the playoffs vs the reg season
makes the whole thing a scam.
― im a beacon of light (Spottie), Monday, 5 December 2022 19:25 (one year ago) link
imo star calls are the root of most ref problems. it introduces all this subjectivity - who is a star? how much leeway do they get? and then if refs feel they should be compensating based on the star factor, that compensation carries over to other parts of the current ref meta like lead management and makeup calls.
calling an nba game is already incredibly difficult and expecting refs to figure out all this other stuff on the fly is a recipe for shit. the league seems happy with the status quo tho
― micah, Monday, 5 December 2022 19:43 (one year ago) link
otm
― im a beacon of light (Spottie), Monday, 5 December 2022 19:53 (one year ago) link
The Warriors (18.7) are averaging 7.9 fewer free throw attempts per game than their opponents (26.6) this season, the highest differential in the NBA. It would be a franchise record— Dalton Johnson (@DaltonJ_Johnson) December 5, 2022
― im a beacon of light (Spottie), Monday, 5 December 2022 23:28 (one year ago) link
Leading Scorers By Zone. What Jumps Out? pic.twitter.com/NKWNRzCeRT— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) December 6, 2022
always love when we get the zonez
― Clay, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 01:04 (one year ago) link
The Efficiency Landscape. What Jumps Out? pic.twitter.com/8pd6MM0C0F— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) December 9, 2022
― lag∞n, Friday, 9 December 2022 14:03 (one year ago) link
Heat/Pacers/Hawks/Bulls/Raps/Sixers all chillin with competent D and bad O = lots of less than exciting games in the east
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Friday, 9 December 2022 14:08 (one year ago) link
cavs too
― lag∞n, Friday, 9 December 2022 14:09 (one year ago) link
Re: plus/minus as a stat a writer/podcaster i like a lot, Britt Robson, was talking about how he likes to clean up and recalculate the stat based on watching the game to eliminate free throw substitution points, like a player get subbed in and then the guy hits free throws that had nothing to do with the guy who just got subbed in
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 9 December 2022 14:10 (one year ago) link
i feel it’s on the same level or worse than Wins for pitchers, it depends on so much outside that player’s control. Pritchard and Kornet get heavy minuses just because they get thrown into garbage time with the end of the bench when the game is over and nobody’s trying
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 9 December 2022 15:56 (one year ago) link
well you can always go to adjusted plus minus (also bad) or real plus minus (still bad)
― lag∞n, Friday, 9 December 2022 15:58 (one year ago) link
no matter which catch all stat you look at whether its plus minus based or not theres always one role player who only dunks in there, stats are powerless against the famous dunk shot
― lag∞n, Friday, 9 December 2022 16:00 (one year ago) link
had no idea his shooting was that bad this season
Trae Young has only made 28.9% of his 3s this season, compared to 38.2% last year. And the 166-shot sample is getting large enough that it’s hard to write off as variance, @johnhollinger writes.A closer look at the struggles of the Hawks’ star: https://t.co/OBqTM12OUF pic.twitter.com/70FQu0GkZX— The Athletic NBA (@TheAthleticNBA) December 9, 2022
― im a beacon of light (Spottie), Friday, 9 December 2022 19:48 (one year ago) link
add that to being arguably the worst defensive player in the league, not good
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Friday, 9 December 2022 19:51 (one year ago) link
But how many nutmegs per 36
― Jeff, Friday, 9 December 2022 19:56 (one year ago) link
idk if he shoots just a few more from the logo they might go in
― J0rdan S., Friday, 9 December 2022 20:15 (one year ago) link
Gets fouls called on the highest % of drives among qualifying players: 1. Giannis: 19.5%2. Banchero: 16.2%3. J. Grant: 14.6%4. LaVine: 14.1%5. Mathurin: 13.3%6. Zion: 12.9%7. Wall: 12.7%8. Siakam: 12.2%9. DeRozan: 12.0%10. J. Brown: 11.9%What stands out?— NBA University (@NBA_University) December 4, 2022
― Jeff, Friday, 9 December 2022 20:30 (one year ago) link
banchero and mathurin both so good right away, crazy
― lag∞n, Friday, 9 December 2022 20:35 (one year ago) link
banchero really might turn into one of the all time great foul merchants
― im a beacon of light (Spottie), Friday, 9 December 2022 20:36 (one year ago) link
siakim only guy there whos also top ten in drives per game https://www.nba.com/stats/players/drives?dir=D&sort=DRIVES
― lag∞n, Friday, 9 December 2022 20:39 (one year ago) link
it would probably look different if you could filter by drives per 100
― micah, Friday, 9 December 2022 20:46 (one year ago) link
John wall the only really little guy on there? prob small sample size for him tho
― Clay, Friday, 9 December 2022 20:53 (one year ago) link
hollinger article concludes that trae is shooting bad cause sharing the ball with murray has disturbed his flow, guy has just had the ball his whole life, made me reflect upon the fact that steph spent three years in college running around a million screens barely ever dribbling
― lag∞n, Friday, 9 December 2022 20:55 (one year ago) link
everyone wants to be steph but, unfortunately for them, they are not.
― im a beacon of light (Spottie), Friday, 9 December 2022 21:10 (one year ago) link
aaron gordon shot 7/13 (53%) from the field last night, which is his lowest fg% in a game since october 28th. 17 straight games shooting >50% from the field with a 66% fg% in this stretch. I think he has to get some serious all star consideration
― k3vin k., Sunday, 11 December 2022 16:10 (one year ago) link
That’s pretty cool
― im a beacon of light (Spottie), Sunday, 11 December 2022 18:00 (one year ago) link
he’s having a career year, the nuggs would be in dire shape without him
― k3vin k., Sunday, 11 December 2022 19:30 (one year ago) link
embiid 53-12-3 in 34 minutes.
― im a beacon of light (Spottie), Monday, 12 December 2022 06:26 (one year ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fjyu6WPXkAIzq-x?format=jpg&name=medium
― im a beacon of light (Spottie), Monday, 12 December 2022 19:39 (one year ago) link
what stat is that?
― k3vin k., Monday, 12 December 2022 19:54 (one year ago) link
Hawks' Bogi with 59 points over the last two games on 13/23 from three
― Heez, Monday, 12 December 2022 20:09 (one year ago) link
he needs to get the kobe in his knee
― J0rdan S., Monday, 12 December 2022 20:11 (one year ago) link
― k3vin k., Monday, December 12, 2022 12:54 PM (eighteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
not sure, just saw it on twitter and cant find the source now.
― im a beacon of light (Spottie), Monday, 12 December 2022 20:14 (one year ago) link
its the bball headshot index
― lag∞n, Monday, 12 December 2022 20:14 (one year ago) link
Shot chart from Grinnell’s game on Thursday pic.twitter.com/K1vEF7FJOL— Grinnell Athletics (@gcpioneers) December 11, 2022
― lag∞n, Monday, 12 December 2022 20:25 (one year ago) link
that’s their thing right? I remember being in high school and knowing grinnell was a “run and gun”/3s and layup team
― k3vin k., Monday, 12 December 2022 21:06 (one year ago) link
this is silly
Check out all 40 threes from yesterday’s win! pic.twitter.com/AxVgqSkhub— Grinnell College MBB (@GCPioneerHoops) December 9, 2022
― call all destroyer, Monday, 12 December 2022 21:09 (one year ago) link
no layups! just threes xp
― lag∞n, Monday, 12 December 2022 21:11 (one year ago) link
the whole point is to open it up for the easiest and best statistical shots but alas lets pass on a layup for a contested three why not
― im a beacon of light (Spottie), Monday, 12 December 2022 21:15 (one year ago) link
got another cousin playing at a juco in san diego and i streamed a game last weekend and it was like 80% threes 20% something inside and i dont think one player from either team shot anything between the arch and 5 feet. 5 out and full court press. very weird to watch, ive seen more entertaining pickup games tbf
― im a beacon of light (Spottie), Monday, 12 December 2022 21:18 (one year ago) link
heat and pacers just finished a game 87-82 shooting a combined 60-162 from the field (37%), 20-73 from three (27%) with 32 turnovers to 39 assists. hard to imagine there will be many uglier games this year
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 13 December 2022 02:30 (one year ago) link
Yuck
― im a beacon of light (Spottie), Tuesday, 13 December 2022 04:30 (one year ago) link
zinger got himself a post game?
Here's a turn-up for the books: Porzingis is in the 86th percentile in post scoring (1.14 PPP) on the 5th most total possessions. pic.twitter.com/HB1buXx2G5— Paul Don't Lie (@PaulHeadleyNBA) December 14, 2022
― im a beacon of light (Spottie), Wednesday, 14 December 2022 16:33 (one year ago) link